Sir-Lee Heights
Homes for Sale in St Petersburg, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Sir-Lee Heights is an older St Petersburg pocket where the housing stock spans more than a century, from 1915 through 2024, with the typical home dating to the mid-1950s and measuring around 1,268 square feet. In a market with that kind of age range and compact footprint, condition is the real price driver — a renovated bungalow and an original-condition cottage of similar size can trade far apart. The median sits at $408,000, or roughly $289 per square foot, but treat that as a midpoint across a wide spread, not a going rate.
At a median 89 days on market, this is not a fast community, and sellers should plan accordingly. That pace gives buyers room to inspect, negotiate, and walk when the numbers do not work. For sellers, presentation and honest pricing against condition matter more here than momentum; homes that are priced to the wishful end of the range tend to sit.
The 60-Second Overview
Sir-Lee Heights market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $408K ($289 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 89 days on market for closed sales.
Sir-Lee Heights is a community of 526 homes in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, built between 1915 and 2024 (median 1954.0), with a median living area of about 1,268 square feet. 66% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Sir-Lee Heights is a compact, mostly older neighborhood of about 526 homes where roughly two-thirds are homesteaded — a sign of an established, owner-occupied core rather than a churn of turnover.
Who Sir-Lee Heights is best for.
Best for
- Buyers around the mid-$400s who value an older, established St Petersburg location and compact living space
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to take on an original-condition home to build equity through work
- Long-hold owners who want to plant in a stable, mostly owner-occupied neighborhood rather than flip quickly
Probably not for
- Buyers who need large square footage or new construction as their priority
- Buyers on a compressed timeline who cannot absorb an 89-day market pace
- Buyers who want turnkey modern systems and no deferred maintenance to weigh
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($408K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 3 sales each (3 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period %s through %s. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Sir-Lee Heights buying strategy.
If we were buying in Sir-Lee Heights today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Sir-Lee Heights.
Age, size, and condition
The defining feature here is age. With a build range from 1915 to 2024 and a median year built of 1954, you are looking at a stock where most homes carry the systems, layouts, and lot patterns of an earlier era, occasionally interrupted by newer infill. Living space runs modest, around 1,268 square feet at the median, so a buyer's budget stretches toward character and location rather than square footage.
That mix means the median price of $408,000 and the roughly $289 per-square-foot figure hide a lot of variation. Updated homes command a premium; those needing work trade below. The 89-day median tells you the market here rewards patience on both sides — buyers can be selective, and sellers need to meet condition and price to the market rather than the other way around.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Sir-Lee Heights. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a neighborhood where condition and vintage drive price more than any headline number, the value is in reading each home individually — what a 1920s cottage needs versus a recent rebuild, and what that gap is worth. We price and negotiate against that reality, and with a slower 89-day market, we will tell you plainly when a listing is overreaching or when waiting works in your favor.
Sir-Lee Heights in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | Stellar MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 33713)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2015 (13 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Stellar MLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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